A Performer's Guide to Music of the Classical Period

The latest thinking on stylish performance is presented in a clear, helpful and practical way in these guides.

They include chapters from leading experts on historical background, notation and interpretation, and sources and editions.

They contain specialist advice for keyboard, string and wind players, and singers.

They are illustrated with many music examples, facsimiles and pictures.

They include a full-length CD of excerpts from authoritative recordings.

These stimulating guides will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of music of the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods.

They will also add to the knowledge and understanding of amateur and professional musicians and all music lovers.

The contributors to the Classical volume are: Jane Glover - Introduction; David Wyn Jones - Historical Background; Cliff Eisen - Notation and Interpretation; David Ward - Keyboard; Duncan Druce - Strings; Colin Lawson - Wind Instruments; Richard Wigmore - Singing; and Barry Cooper - Sources and Editions.